Bradley continued his touch in the three-hole playoff, starting off with a birdie on the 16th and then tapping in for a winning par on the 18th.

Bradley says he’s used the belly putter for 2 1/2 years and said it was routine on the Nationwide Tour to be “in a group with three guys that had unconventional putters. It happened all the time.”

Just not in the majors. It’s hard to forget the iconic shots of the Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, bent way over as he struck his putts.

Bradley didn’t see why he couldn’t try the belly putter, especially when it felt so right.

“For a guy that’s 40 years old and has been playing with a short putter for 35 years, they grab that thing and it’s a bizarre feeling,” Bradley said. “For me, it was really easy. It just clicked right away.”

That was apparent at the PGA Championship. Hale saw it coming throughout the round as Bradley’s deft touch got him out of trouble again and again. “You kind of had a sense that something like this was going to happen,” the caddie said.

Bradley continued his touch in the three-hole playoff, starting off with a birdie on the 16th and then tapping in for a winning par on the 18th.

Bradley says he’s used the belly putter for 2 1/2 years and said it was routine on the Nationwide Tour to be “in a group with three guys that had unconventional putters. It happened all the time.”

Just not in the majors. It’s hard to forget the iconic shots of the Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, bent way over as he struck his putts.

Bradley didn’t see why he couldn’t try the belly putter, especially when it felt so right.

“For a guy that’s 40 years old and has been playing with a short putter for 35 years, they grab that thing and it’s a bizarre feeling,” Bradley said. “For me, it was really easy. It just clicked right away.”

That was apparent at the PGA Championship. Hale saw it coming throughout the round as Bradley’s deft touch got him out of trouble again and again. “You kind of had a sense that something like this was going to happen,” the caddie said.